Jewish American atheists

Marilyn Monroe was an American actress and model. Known for playing comic "blonde bombshell" characters, she became one of the most popular sex symbols of the 1950s and early 1960s, as well as an emblem of the era's sexual revolution. She was a top-billed actress for a decade, and her films grossed $200 million by her death in 1962.

American writer and biochemist (1920–1992)

American software freedom activist, short story writer and computer programmer, founder of the GNU project

Russian-born American writer and public philosopher (1905–1982)

Russian-born American anarchist (1869–1940)

Italian neurologist (1909–2012)

George Soros is a Hungarian-American investor and philanthropist. As of May 2025, he has a net worth of US$7.2 billion, having donated more than $32 billion to the Open Society Foundations, of which $15 billion has already been distributed, representing 64% of his original fortune. In 2020, Forbes called Soros the "most generous giver" in terms of percentage of net worth.

Anthony Michael Bourdain was an American celebrity chef, author and travel documentarian. He starred in programs focusing on the exploration of international culture, cuisine, and the human condition.

German-American nuclear physicist

American psychologist (1908–1970)

American writer and filmmaker, professor, and activist (1933–2004)

American novelist (1933–2018)

Carl Reiner was an American actor, author, comedian, director, and screenwriter whose career spanned seven decades. His awards and honors include 12 Primetime Emmy Awards, a Grammy Award, and the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. He was inducted into the Television Hall of Fame in 1999.

American physicist (1898–1988)

American television and radio host (1933–2021)

American computer programmer and internet-political activist (1986-2013)

Thomas Jacob "Jack" Black is an American actor, comedian, and musician. He has played leading roles in family and comedy films, in addition to his voice work in animated features. His accolades include an Emmy Award, a Grammy Award, and nominations for two Critics' Choice Awards and three Golden Globe Awards. In 2018, he was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

American mathematician and physicist

American comedian, writer and actor (born 1947)

American theoretical physicist

American political scientist, economist, sociologist, and psychologist (1916–2001)

American physicist

American computer scientist and cognitive scientist (1927-2011)

American singer, songwriter, and pianist (born 1949)

American cognitive scientist (1927-2016)

British physicist

German-American physicist, Nobel laureate (1921-2020)

Canadian-American cognitive psychologist, linguist, and author, an advocate of evolutionary psychology and the computational theory of the mind

American composer and musician (born 1953)

American mathematician (1917–2011)

American economist (1926–1995)

American biochemist (1912–2004)

Nobel laureate organic and inorganic chemist and Holocaust child survivor (born 1937)

American biologist, biochemist, physiologist and Nobel laureate (1906–1997)

Polish-American logician (1901-1983)

Russian-American anarchist and writer (1870–1936)

American actor

American psychologist (1913–2007)

American actor, animator and filmmaker (born 1971)

Hungarian economist (1920-2000)

American libertarian socialist author, orator, and philosopher (1921–2006)

American illustrator and writer of children's books (1928-2012)

American writer (1934–2018)

American singer-songwriter and pianist

American stand-up comedian (1921–2004)

American composer of songs and Broadway musicals (1902–1979)

American philosopher

American stand-up comedian and actor (born 1964)

American film director and choreographer (1924-2019)

Hungarian psychiatrist (1920-2012)

American novelist, playwright (1929–2007)

American film director, screenwriter and producer

American film director (1912–1991)

American psychologist

American novelist, also known by the pseudonym Lemony Snicket (born 1970)

American actress

American actor and playwright

American film director, screenwriter, producer and actor (1930-2014)

American economist, physicist, legal scholar, and libertarian theorist

American neuroendocrinology researcher (b. 1957)